Adams Island, New Zealand

For other uses, see Adams Island (disambiguation).

Adams Island

Adams Island, to the right of Carnley Harbour
Position relative to New Zealand and other outlying islands
Geography
Coordinates
Archipelago	Auckland Islands
Area
Highest elevation	705 m (2,313 ft)
Highest point	Mount Dick
Country
New Zealand
Demographics
Population	0

Adams Island is the second largest island of New Zealand's Auckland Islands archipelago.

Geography

The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of 26 km (16 mi) where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates it from the roughly triangular Adams Island (area approximately 100 km² or 39 sq mi), which is even more mountainous, reaching a height of 705 m (2,313 ft) at Mount Dick. The channel is the remnant of the crater of an extinct volcano, with Adams Island, and the southern part of Auckland Island forming the crater rim.

Two large indentations, Bolton's Bay and Fly Harbour, are the most prominent features of the island's south coast, both in the south east.

Map of the Auckland Islands, showing Adams Island to the south of the main island.

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the Auckland Island group Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds as well as the endemic Auckland shag, Auckland teal, Auckland rail and Auckland snipe.

See also

• Auckland Islands
• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
• List of islands of New Zealand
• New Zealand subantarctic islands
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research